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Rivals Boast Right Stuff in Fight for Conservative Cred

Who is the right-est one of all?

Oct 22, 07 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican presidential hopefuls fought bitterly over who has the best conservative credentials in an Orlando, Fla., forum last night. Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee cited their conservative executive experience, while John McCain and Fred Thompson touted conservative Senate voting records. Giuliani generally sparred with Thompson, and McCain with... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • gun control • abortion rights • marriage • conservative • Mike Huckabee • GOP debate

Giuliani: Fear Not, Conservatives

GOP front-runner promotes shared values on Iraq and judges, admits to differences

Oct 20, 07 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives at the Value Voters Summit in Washington, DC, gave Giuliani polite applause today as he admitted his moderate-to-liberal views on abortion and other issues, the AP reports. He stressed shared stands on Iraq, school choice and conservative judges, but kept mum about gay marriage. "We may not always... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • abortion • conservative • Mike Huckabee • Ronald Reagan • Election 2008

Brownback to Quit GOP Race

Oct 18, 07 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sam Brownback will withdraw from the GOP primaries as early as tomorrow, sources tell the AP. The conservative senator’s fundraising abilities apparently didn't keep pace with his presidential ambitions; his campaign reported raising only $800,000 in the third quarter. “I know Senator Brownback enjoyed campaigning and meeting... More »

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Sam Brownback • conservative • Mike Huckabee • Republican candidate • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008

Rudy Tells Moral Critics: 'Cast the First Stone'

And he leads
among churchgoers

Sep 30, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani has compared critics of his personal life to the biblical villagers Jesus rebuked when he said, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone.” The Republican frontrunner cited the parable in a Christian Broadcasting Network interview, saying those... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • conservative • churchgoers • Republican nomination • presidential election • Jesus Christ

Right-Wing Voices Get
More Ink

Report: 60% of papers run more conservatives, 20% more liberals

Sep 14, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) -  Voices from the right dominate those from the left in US newspapers, with the former reaching 152 million buyers and the latter only 125 million. Sixty percent  of papers print more conservative syndicated columnists, while just 20% run more liberals, according to a report by Media Matters for America.... More »

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media • newspaper • conservative • liberals • George Will • David Broder • Thomas Friedman • columnists

Liberals Read More than Conservatives

Right-wingers shun nuance for slogans, publisher says

Aug 21, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liberals are more avid readers than conservatives, a new AP-Ipsos poll has discovered. Thirty-four percent of conservatives said they hadn’t read a book in a year, compared with 22% of liberals. A publishing exec and former congressman said that while liberals “can’t say anything in less than... More »

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Karl Rove • conservative • literature • liberals • book

The Real Rudy Hasn't Joined the Race Yet

America's Mayor is
oddly absent on the campaign trail

Aug 14, 07 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani holds a nice lead in the pack of GOP presidential candidates, but it's not a result of anything he's doing on the campaign trail, Peter Boyer reports in a profile in the New Yorker. The Rudy who's winning in the polls is America's Mayor, the guy who cleaned... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • terrorism • presidential campaign • New York • conservative • September 11 • mayor • America's Mayor • Election 2008

The Right Rips Into Romney

He's grilled on abortion switch in lead-up to Iowa straw poll

Aug 10, 07 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is getting flamed by all-out assault on his conservative bona fides in the run-up to tomorrow's straw poll in  Iowa, reports the New York Times. The former Massachusetts governor has been hit by particularly withering criticism for his change of heart on abortion, with talk... More »

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Mitt Romney • abortion • YouTube • Iowa • Republican • conservative • straw poll • Election 2008

La. Senator Caught Dialing DC Madam

Republican apologizes for "very serious sin" after escort-service revelation

Jul 10, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter atoned yesterday for a "very serious sin in my past," after his telephone number turned up on the scandal-soaked call logs of Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The so-called DC Madam was forced to denude the records of her million-dollar escort service last week. More »

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prostitution • Republican • politics • Senate • DC Madam • conservative • Louisiana • escort service • David Vitter • social conservatives • senator

Breaking from Bush, GOP Splinters

Rove, DeLay, and Gingrich on the future of the conservative movement

May 28, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican Party is fracturing politically and strategically, writes the New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg. As Bush's approval ratings continue to sink, current and former GOP bigwigs—like Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay—are looking to redirect the conservative movement as the 2008 election nears. More »

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Bush administration • Newt Gingrich • Karl Rove • Republican • politics • GOP • Tom DeLay • conservative • Republican Party • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Chait: John McCain Is No Luke Skywalker

Candidate has gone over to the dark (read: conservative) side

Mar 12, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain liked to portray himself as Luke Skywalker in his 2000 presidential campaign, says LA Times columnist Jonathan Chait, but this time around he resembles a different Jedi: the corrupt Darth Vader. McCain claimed he was an anti-special interests crusader, but the last few years he's gone over to... More »

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John McCain • Republican • presidential campaign • conservative • Darth Vader • Election 2008

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